Sentences with phrase «soccer athletes of»

Most beloved by soccer athletes of the»90s, this odd headband is one of those accessories that makes you scratch your head when looking back on it.

Not exact matches

«Manufacturers continue to partner with designers to increase the appeal of the products, and there is a product for every type of consumer — from the most active athlete to the mom who just wants to remember when to pick up her kids from soccer practice — on the market.»

Track, soccer, football and baseball shoes all have some sort of spikes or plastic knobs on the bottom to help the athlete keep better footing while playing on the field.

A very small percentage of college athletes go pro (1.7 percent of football players, 1.2 percent of basketball players, 1.0 percent of soccer players).

A soccer star may lead the list of the 30 highest - paid Latino athletes (in annual salary and endorsement income), but baseball players are clearly in the majority

The University of Connecticut and its women's soccer program would like to apologize for an inappropriate gesture a UConn student - athlete made to an ESPNU camera following today's American Athletic Conference championship game.

As Donike said, and contrary to what most everyone in Caracas thought, the $ 200,000 worth of equipment used there — two mass spectrometers, four gas chromatographs and two computer printout machines, all American - made by Hewlett - Packard — was virtually identical to that used to test athletes in Helsinki and at last year's soccer World Cup in Madrid.

For over 40 years the club has produced college soccer athletes at the NCAA Division I, III, III, and NAIA levels along with several Olympic Development Program players (boys and girls) at the District, State, Regional and National team levels, some of whom have played professionally, including an Olympic Gold Medalist.

With the World Cup rounding into full swing, we are watching the most elite soccer athletes playing consecutive matches in the heat of the Brazilian winter.

From biking, running and triathlons to skiing, tennis, soccer and hockey, GU continues to work with pro and amateur athletes to formulate a suite of products that work together to improve your performance in endurance pursuits.

SAN RAMON VALLEY - DANVILLE — As many as 10 athletes signing, with a heavy does of girls soccer.

His father, a fine all - round athlete, came to this country as a member of the All - Ireland soccer team in 1919, liked what he saw, and stayed.

Whether it's the ability of the athlete to juke a defender and break off a big touchdown run, kicking the ball explosively past the soccer goalkeeper or slam dunking a basketball after an explosive crossover move in basketball, power training is a vital component to sport performance.

Mini-Hawk 4 - 6 is the ultimate multi-sport camp that combines baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, and track & field, allowing young athletes to develop a passion for a variety of sports in one fun - filled setting.

Football, soccer as its known in states, is by far the most played and watched sport in the world and football has seen some of the greatest athletes over the years and decades.

Atlanta's young Designated Player Miguel Almirón is one of those soccer athletes that can not be fully appreciated without the live scope of a full pitch.

It is particularly important for female athletes, who are predisposed to instability or dislocation of the kneecap (patella), pain and problems under the kneecap, and non-contact injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), especially in sports like soccer and basketball that require twisting and cutting.

While O'Kane said there was some evidence that concussion education could improve the percentage of athletes reporting concussions, pointing to a 2012 study [8] finding that high school athletes receiving concussion education were twice as likely to report symptoms to coaches compared with those with no education (72 % vs. 36 %), he acknowledged that a 2013 study [9](also by researchers at the University of Washington) found that many high school soccer players, despite understanding the symptoms of concussion and the potentially severe complications from playing with concussion, would continue to play despite symptoms.

58.6 % reported playing soccer while symptomatic (higher than studies of high school and college athletes finding between one - third and one - half reporting concussion symptoms for which they did not seek medical attention, largely because did not appreciate significance of injury or feared being withheld from play);

«Having an AED in all schools not only protects athletes on our campus, but it can also save their life on other campuses when they are traveling for away games,» says high school soccer coach, Rob Sweeten, who was instrumental in getting two donated AEDs placed at Boca Raton High School after a 17 - year old soccer player died of SCA from a congenital heart defect warming up on the field before a game.

In addition to calling for state laws mandating the use of helmets in alpine activities, the study also recommends such prevention strategies as securing and padding soccer goal posts, as well as enhanced education for coaches, trainers, parents, and the athletes themselves to promote increased reporting and proper management of sport - related concussion.

The most recent concussion consensus statements [1,7,15] recommend neuropsychological (NP) testing in making return to play decisions after concussion, and formal baseline NP screening of athletes in all organized sports in which there is a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball), regardless of the age or level of performance.

Co-authored by a leading sports nutritionist and MomsTeam expert, Nancy Clark, and award - winning author, Gloria Averbuch, Food Guide for Soccer: Tips & Recipes from the Pros is a comprehensive, yet easy - to - read guide that addresses the nutrition questions and concerns, not just of soccer players, but athletes of all ages and abilities.

Rugby or soccer was reported as the sport of choice for 48 % of the injured athletes participating in the study.

Baseline and post-concussion neuropsychological (NP) testing is now recommended for all athletes in sports with a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, basketball), regardless of age or level of performance, but the timing and type of testing may need to be adjusted for children and adolescents.

A significant number of these injuries could be prevented if parents, athletes and soccer organizations employed the following safety measures:

The two most recent studies of concussion rates among high school athletes (1,2) report concussion rates in girl's lacrosse essentially tied with girl's soccer for the highest among girl's sports, nearly as high as the concussion rate in boy's lacrosse (not statistically different in terms of rates), and almost double the rate of the girl's sport with the next highest concussion rate (basketball).

A new research paper finds the overall rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries among high school athletes is significantly higher among females, who are especially likely to experience ACL tears while playing basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

The results of the research paper are consistent with those of a 2013 study which found that, while ACL injuries did not disproportionately affect female high school athletes overall, girls were found to have a significantly higher ACL injury rate than boys in sex - comparable sports (soccer, basketball, and baseball / softball), with girls 2 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury playing soccer than any other sport, and 4 times more likely to sustain such an injury playing either soccer or basketball than volleyball or softball.

The study noted that another possible explanation for the great NMT effectiveness in the mid-teen age group may be variability in the «quality» of athletes participating in the cutting, pivoting, and jumping sports such as soccer, volleyball and basketball in the younger ages, so that targeting NMT to athletes who are at higher risk results in greater reduction of that risk.

«The results of this study demonstrate that the K - D test is an accurate and reliable method for identifying athletes with head trauma, and is a strong candidate for a rapid sideline screening test for concussion, [with] particular relevance to contact sports including football, soccer, hockey, MMA and boxing,» wrote co-author, Dr. Laura J. Balcer of the Department of Neurology, Opthalmology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

The McGill study is the first «to say that soft protective headgear for soccer significantly decreased the number of concussions for those athletes,» said lead researcher, Dr. Scott Delaney in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

He noted that research presented by two orthopedic surgeons at an annual soccer symposium reported that 90 - 95 % of athletes return to full competition after an ACL reconstruction, but that the number drops to 40 % following the second, and to 15 % after the third.

For example, if a soccer player gives thanks to a teammate for setting him up to score a game - winning goal during a post-game interview, point that out to your child as an example of being a humble athlete.

Since issuing cards is specific to the sport of soccer, during its other sports programs staff or site managers make it a point to recognize athletes or teams that exhibit positive sportsmanship.

The Sports Concussion Institute estimates that between 5 - 10 % of all athletes will experience a concussion during a given season and those numbers increase for contact sports such as football and soccer.

He'll also share behind - the - scenes stories of his visit to the world's largest sperm bank where the seeds of college athletes are sold to those intent on having an athletic child, and he'll share his trip to a top soccer academy in France that explains why the U.S. isn't producing nearly as many great players.

Both international soccer organization FIFA and the International Basketball Federation only just recently lifted previously imposed bans on head coverings during play — stipulations which made professional sports impossible for women from nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran, both of which demand female athletes wear hijabs.

One study tracked a group of athletes who played soccer in junior high and then switched to football, comparing them to a group of peers who played just football.

From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.

Brain trauma among football players (and athletes in other sports such as soccer and ice hockey) may be less the result of violent collisions that cause concussions as the cumulative effect of repetitive head impacts (RHI).

The current international consensus of experts (Zurich consensus statement), [1] views computerized neuropsychological or neurocognitive (NP) testing as having clincal value in evaluation for concussion and as an aid in determining when it is safe for an athlete to return to play after a concussion, and recommends formal baseline NP screening of athletes in all organized sports in which there is a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball), regardless of the age or level of performance.

Young athletes aged 14 - 17 will enter the wonderful soccer stadium at Flemming College from July 9th - 13th and learn from a team of nationally certified coaches.

In order to get the most out of this camp, the athlete should already be playing a high level of competitive soccer.

Her goal then, and is now, to offer all of the tools to young athletes to find success in soccer.

The researchers in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) study showed that student athletes who participate in girls soccer at schools without access to an athletic trainer are exposed to an 8 times greater injury rate for concussion, a 5.7 times greater risk of recurrent injury, and a 1.73 times greater overall injury rate.

That's the case even when athletes were injured playing the same sport, according to a new study of young soccer players.

According to statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls» soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said female athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than male athletes.

Shipley's head impact monitoring program involved the deployment of more than 100 head impact sensors to athletes across a number of sports, including soccer, basketball and lacrosse.

Example of use: A youth sport athlete suffers a hit on the soccer field.